Attachment for hair-combs.



No. 828,872- PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906.

U. L. BERGER. ATTACHMENT FOR HAIR GOMBS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB}. 1906.

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ULYSSES L. BERGER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR HAIR-COMBS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

A li ati fil d February 2,1906. Serial No. 299,119.

To all whom, it 7mm concern:

Be it known that I, ULYSSES L. BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Hair-Combs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for toilet hair-combs by means of which air may be forced along the back of the comb and over the teeth thereof to the hair while the combing operation is being performed.

The especial object of the improvements which form the subject-matter of this application is to provide a device for the purpose stated that can be attached to ordinary haircombs and can be readily detached from same when it is not needed.

Other objects of simplicity of construction, cheapness, and utility are conserved in this invention, as will fully appear hereinafter.

In the accompanyin drawings, which form a part of this app ication for patent, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a comb equipped with my improved pneumatic attachment. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, on an enlarged scale, on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, on an enlarged scale, taken at the right-hand end of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the handle portion of the device.

Referring to the details of the drawings, 0. represents a hair-comb of ordinary construction having the usual straight back a, from which the teeth extend.

t represents the handle portion of my attachment, which consists, preferably, of a single piece of thin metal having one portion wider than the other and bent to form a handle with depending wings or flanges b and having its narrow portion bent longitudinally to form the comb-grasping portion b The portion b is crimped along its opposite edges, as at 5 the inward bends of the crimps adapted to frictionally engage the back a of the comb and the outward bends forming vents to permit the air to escape to the teeth from the channel I), which extends longitudinally above the back of the comb. Arranged in the handle part of the attachment and adapted to be frictionally engaged by the wings b is a pneumatic bulb 0 having an open neck or tubular extension 0, which enters the space If at one end of the comb and is held between the back of the latter and the adjacent narrow portion b of the attachment. This bulb is equlpped with the usual air-admission valve 0 It will be apparent that if the bulb is squeezed by the hand air will be drawn in at the valve 0 and forced out through the open neck a with suflicient pressure to carry the air along the back of the comb and down through the apertures formed by the crimped portions 17 By successively squeezing the bulb a continuous su ply of air under pressure will be conducte to the comb-teeth and Will reach all parts of the hair through which the comb is being drawn, thus quickly drying the hair and securing the well-known advantages of a free circulation of air through the hair and in proximity to the scalp. When it is not desired to use this attachment, it is readily removed from the comb until required.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. An attachment for hair-combs, consist ing of a holder adapted to frictionally engage the back of the comb with a space above the latter and having openings along its engaging edges, and a compressible member secured to said holder and adapted to be grasped by the hand, said member having an air-inlet and an air-exit, the exit arranged between the back of the comb and the back of said holder.

2. An attachment for combs, consisting of a holder formed of a piece of metal bent to detachably engage the back of the comb with a chamber above the latter and having vents communicating with said space and with the comb-teeth, a compressible air-bulb secured to said holder and having inlet and outlet openings, the outlet-opening communicating with the chamber above the back of the comb.

3. An attachment for combs, consisting of a holder formed of a piece of sheet metal bent longitudinally to provide comb-grasping and bulb-grasping portions, and having its combgrasplng edges corrugated, a compressible bulb arranged in said holder and having air inlet and outlet openings, said inlet-opening communicatin with the comb-grasping portion of the hol er for the purpose described.

4. An attachment for combs, comprising means for detachably engaging the back of a comb and having air-vents therein, and means for forcing air to said vents.

5. An attachment for combs, comprising an element adapted to friotionally engage the back Of a comb and to form anair-ohamber above the back of the comb, said chamber closed at one end and open at the other and 5 having a plurality of vents along 0 posite sides of the comb, and means for con noting air under pressure to said chamber and vents.

ULYSSES L. BERGER.

WVitnesses:

ADA E. POWELL, O. FO LER. 

